View Full Version : AGAIN.. Gas Prices


Karl F
03-02-2007, 01:01 PM
2.45 this AM.. here we go again.. hearing the $3 mark by summer again.. even tho the barrel cost is down.. we be pawns...

Raven
03-02-2007, 01:25 PM
i saw this guy....i think it was in italy ok
it was a tv special on alternate fuels...

he was a sunflower seed grower.... and had a huge press.

he had these simple wire mesh cones like a fat
ice cream cone shape...
with a coffee filter liner...->
in them to filter the impurities out of the sunflower seed oil.

they were everywhere !! drip drip dripping into funnels that
had cheap hoses and gallon jugs underneath....

it's my destiny to do that.... i'm hooked bigtime.

F--> OPEC
i'll be buying diesels soon.... and a farm. :read:

fishonnelsons
03-02-2007, 04:12 PM
Well, it seems like its gone up 20 cents or so in the last week :mad: God, it seems everywhere you turn someone has you by the you know whats!!:huh:

Mike P
03-02-2007, 05:02 PM
2.45 this AM.. here we go again.. hearing the $3 mark by summer again.. even tho the barrel cost is down.. we be pawns...

Cheaper across the bridge than in Buzzards Bay--Exxon at the rotary was $2.49 last night.

The Thursday before President's Day it had gone down to $2.19 at that station--$2.13 farther down Main Street.

Up 30 cents in two weeks--why?--because they can :af:

baldwin
03-02-2007, 06:03 PM
We own an oil-producing middle eastern country, and can't even take advantage of that? If we're going to have an unjustified invasion and abuse our military strength, they should at least give us decent gas prices.

Fishpart
03-03-2007, 04:26 PM
Now that the Dems control Congress the price will drop like a stone....

afterhours
03-03-2007, 05:11 PM
bend over and grab yer ankles the gasholes are at it again from 2.06 to 2.42 in a month. gee maybe they have to make up for lost $$ due to mild winter :liquify: . i can't believe our gov't lets us get fluked like this- this is robbery without a mask. why? - like mikep said- they can.

Raider Ronnie
03-03-2007, 05:14 PM
Exxon / Mobil's earnings were down last qtr
they only made 12 Billion instead of the 14-15 they have been use to !

Mike P
03-03-2007, 05:35 PM
Now that the Dems control Congress the price will drop like a stone....

:rotf3: :bl2: :rotfl: :rotf2: :hihi:

keeperreaper
03-03-2007, 06:30 PM
I just hope I get held all night or at least a nice breakfast from the oil companies after their done FU$%ING me.

Backbeach Jake
03-03-2007, 06:34 PM
2.43.9 at Valero across from DD in Eastham this AM. God only knows what it is now..

Slingah
03-03-2007, 07:13 PM
just paid $2.45 in Marshfield....:rocketem:

CANAL RAT
03-03-2007, 09:49 PM
the winter wasent that mild. i think they jack them up because they know they can get more $$ out of us.

Mike P
03-04-2007, 12:43 AM
I went to M&Ds this morning. When I got there around 10, the price for 87 regular at the Hess station next door was $2.33 9/10.

I left around noon. It was $2.39 9/10 :rollem:

kevin d
03-04-2007, 08:56 AM
Has anyone heard why the price went up this time? I keep reading that the price is supposed to drop to a 3 year low and every time I hear it the price goes up. :smash:

Raven
03-04-2007, 10:53 AM
I went to M&Ds this morning. When I got there around 10, the price for 87 regular at the Hess station next door was $2.33 9/10.

I left around noon. It was $2.39 9/10 :rollem:

at least Barb had cookies.... Did you get a cookie? :jump:

UserRemoved1
03-04-2007, 10:56 AM
I saw $2.98 a gallon for diesel on the way home last nite I almost crapped. That's .35 a gallon more than I been paying.

Last month it was widely publicized that the futures contracts for fuel were running down for the entire month of march...tell me they're not raping us now. JERKS. :fishslap:

MAC
03-04-2007, 11:26 AM
Exxon / Mobil's earnings were down last qtr
they only made 12 Billion instead of the 14-15 they have been use to !

This could be more true than we think. These oil companies have seen that the people WILL pay it. Moan and groan we might, but they laugh all the way to the bank.:af:

FishHawk
03-05-2007, 06:15 AM
I got sick of the gas BS and got a Prius. Living on a fixed income, the hybrid helps me take trip that I would normally not be able to . So screw the gas cos. and get a hybrid. FishHawk

Hooper
03-05-2007, 09:11 AM
I got sick of the gas BS and got a Prius. Living on a fixed income, the hybrid helps me take trip that I would normally not be able to . So screw the gas cos. and get a hybrid. FishHawk


Yeah, well, maybe if you are in need of a new vehicle, but, it doesn't make much sense to trade in a paid for vehicle only lay out $20K + for a hybrid to save a few bucks at the pump, but last summer people went into a panic and did just that....:fishslap:

Rockfish9
03-05-2007, 11:48 AM
I'm sure this will get blamed on last weeks stock market crash....(adjustment)

I was pondering it all this morning as I pumped 68 bucks worth of gas into my PU......

This keeps up I'll be doing alot more surf fishing and leave the boat at the dock....

Karl F
03-05-2007, 12:11 PM
Once again, seasonal industry activity combined with speculative investing, mixed with geopolitical tension has created an environment for higher fuel costs.

Overall, the direction for fuel prices this summer and later will be determined by whether consumer and investor demand for energy stays high, or is scared away by the political and economic events of the future

From an article online explaining it this AM....

Raven
03-05-2007, 03:27 PM
quit crying ya land lubbers and rig a sail.....

hell, i took a bed sheet , made a mast for a pram and sailed everywhere......no problem.

:drool:

i'd do it again.... if i had a good trolling motor....:devil2:

chris L
03-05-2007, 03:51 PM
I went to M&Ds this morning. When I got there around 10, the price for 87 regular at the Hess station next door was $2.33 9/10.

I left around noon. It was $2.39 9/10 :rollem:


its more than likely up another 6 cents since you left yesterday . I paid 255.9 yesterday morning when I got back from tctfn . when I left Saturday it was 243.9 . I should have filled up in RI on the way back .

Raider Ronnie
03-05-2007, 07:07 PM
I paid $2:43 tonight at whats been the cheapest place near me !
Less than a month ago they were $2:03

MrHunters
03-05-2007, 09:43 PM
2.47 today in gloucester... this blows.

tattoobob
03-05-2007, 10:10 PM
THis really blows I have been using 3 tanks a week to go to work for the last 2 months. it is killing me

labrax
03-05-2007, 11:08 PM
I started keeping a log after getting a used Expedition - in 1.5 months $289 - it is killing me to pay that much. I was driving a Jetta that got 30 MPG. I have to keep thinking that the repair costs to the Jetta would offset the gas savings.

Date Gallons Miles ~ MPG Cost Price Note
01/25/07 18.7 235 12.57 $40.00 $2.14
01/31/07 21.1 265 12.56 $46.00 $2.18 36PSI tires
02/07/07 11.7 156 13.33 $25.00 $2.14 Air Filter
02/12/07 14.0 185 13.21 $30.00 $2.14
02/18/07 14.2 190 13.35 $31.00 $2.18
02/22/07 12.2 195 15.98 $27.00 $2.21 1/2 HW Miles
02/24/07 8.8 120 13.71 $20.00 $2.27
02/28/07 12.7 160 12.60 $30.00 $2.37
03/05/07 16.4 0.00 $40.00 $2.43

I am sure it will be up over $3.00 before we know it. They will blame increased demand with the upcoming summer travel season coming up, Middle East tension, etc.

afterhours
03-08-2007, 06:39 AM
.....still like that idea of nation wide boycott of mobil exxon- us putting pressure on them intead of vice versa.

riverrat2
03-08-2007, 07:17 AM
Yea I agree. I never buy my oil from mobil/exxon. The local places are usually cheaper anyways.

Raven
03-08-2007, 07:38 AM
effect the supply and demand and lower the price ..........
more than put pressure on the two company's

at least .....by how i view it. what ever works...!

Raven
03-13-2007, 05:30 AM
I am sure it will be up over $3.00 before we know it. They will blame increased demand with the upcoming summer travel season coming up, Middle East tension, etc.


i just read that daylight savings time will increase gas prices because people will be driving more with more daylight. :doh:

Raven
03-13-2007, 06:42 AM
right off CNN this morning .....
an interview with Goldsmith's garage who just quit
selling gasoline because it was costing them
$1000.00 per month.

he said: the gas delivery was costing him
more per gallon than what you could buy it retail for. :hs:

So now ........... he's just a service station.

Karl F
03-13-2007, 06:56 AM
True Raven.. they are trying to sqeeze the independents out.. they want to own all the reatail outlets, (chain style) too.
Friend of mine is in it with his family, 50 years plus.. they only hang on to the gas end of it, becasue of his father, too stubborn, or sentimental to quit is... I have seen the invoices.. they pay more, than the chain owned store (same brand), a mile down the road.. sad....

afterhours
03-15-2007, 04:52 PM
..still going up- another .04! someone call the police we bein' robbed! i truely wish those cacksuckers in charge choke on it!

cheferson
03-16-2007, 06:42 AM
Im not complaining so much after seeing what people are paying in europe, $6-9 a gallon. We got it good

Karl F
03-16-2007, 06:55 AM
Im not complaining so much after seeing what people are paying in europe, $6-9 a gallon. We got it good

At Least they get something back for that.. the extra taxes goes towards their health care in a lot of the european countries, that have socialized HC
All we get here, is rich bloated oil company CEO's....

Fishpart
03-16-2007, 07:22 AM
Im not complaining so much after seeing what people are paying in europe, $6-9 a gallon. We got it good

They also have a SUBSIDIZED public transportation system that serves the majority of the continent. Try to use pubic transportation to get somewhere in the US :wall:

Pete_G
03-16-2007, 07:58 AM
I got sick of the gas BS and got a Prius. Living on a fixed income, the hybrid helps me take trip that I would normally not be able to . So screw the gas cos. and get a hybrid. FishHawk

I know several people with the Prius, they all love those cars. And the freedom to be able drive with a little less concern about how much fuel they're gobbling down.

When you think of how many miles many of us cover in a season (as long as it's not on a beach), a fuel sipper like that makes a lot of sense, not counting the fact surf rods don't fit inside very easily. But that's what roof racks are for.

Raven
03-16-2007, 09:09 AM
if a vehicle was designed like a prius but made longer
and had all fisherman features built in.....
live well , fridge 4 frozen bait & drinks
interior rod racks, plug rack, wader sink,
.then the mind, wanders....

:rolleyes: gives me the "oh- oh- oh...." off tooltime....:boots:

JohnR
03-16-2007, 09:39 AM
if a vehicle was designed like a prius but made longer
and had all fisherman features built in.....
live well , fridge 4 frozen bait & drinks
interior rod racks, plug rack, wader sink,
.then the mind, wanders....

:rolleyes: gives me the "oh- oh- oh...." off tooltime....:boots:

Unfortunately, if there were a larger fishing featured vehicle and it was even 4WD I'd be hard pressed to volunteer and drive it over the sand on through the SW... (not that my truck has spent mush time out there :wall: ) - You want to break a Hybrid-Eclectric drive? Expose it to the CCNS for a few weeks a year - not to mention needing to fill out all the Clean Harbors forms the day after it gets stuck at low tide...

Now, a hybrid that uses Saltwater for fuel :wave: :smokin: ...

Swimmer
03-16-2007, 10:00 AM
:btu: Exxon is shoving it :bshake: :bshake:!!!!!!!!!!!

Bassturbed said we were in for a downswing because of oversupply. This is the first time that I know Bassturb was wrong.:rotfl:

Raven
03-29-2007, 09:59 PM
right on steve ...kick ass brotha

i've never seed crude oil like this :hs: un freakin real

http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/business/2007/03/29/roesgen.homegrown.oil.cnn

Bigcat
03-30-2007, 05:32 AM
Why are we rolling over like big dogs?
I say shut the country down park everything, cars, trucks, trains. just stay home. :musc:

taJon
03-30-2007, 07:35 AM
"what about your bills?"

"yaaaaaaaaaaaaa, I don't think I'll pay them either..."

taJon
03-30-2007, 07:35 AM
If it makes you feel any better, jet fuel in Boston was over $6 a gallon a while back.

Raven
03-30-2007, 08:17 AM
iran can try to interfere with the strait of hamuz where 40% of the oil gets exported from...or just quit selling oil for a time...

not to mention that supposedly chavez in venezula will quit supplying usa with oil if we attack iran .... he's on their team.

in either of those scenario's ..... gas will hit $4.00 per gallon and up

fishpoopoo
03-30-2007, 12:10 PM
:btu: Exxon is shoving it :bshake: :bshake:!!!!!!!!!!!

Bassturbed said we were in for a downswing because of oversupply. This is the first time that I know Bassturb was wrong.:rotfl:

um, that's not necessarily what i said.

oil did briefly go down to $49 bbl on supply concerns ... but then rallied back up when the really cold winter weather hit.

if you've been watching OPEC lately, they have been cutting back production because they want to see crude in a trading range of $55-$65 /bbl.

anyways, gas prices always tick up before the summer driving season, because that's when gasoline demand peaks.

this uptick is being exacerbated by the #^&#^&#^&#^&heads in Iran.